Para Hills Modbury Catholic Parish
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The Parish Pastoral Council would like to congratulate and thank all of the very many people who contributed to and participated in making our celebrations from Palm Sunday through to Easter Sunday so very special. We thank those who cleaned, prepared and decorated our Churches for the celebrations and then cleaned up again in readiness for the next event. To all of those who took an active ministry in our celebrations such as Mass Managers, Sacristans, Welcomers, Projectionists, Readers or Special Ministers, we thank you for your commitment to serve our community. To those who were willing to participate in the Washing of the Feet, thank you for representing us during that service. Particular thanks go to our many very talented musicians who have practiced long and hard to lead us prayerfully in song during the celebrations >>Read More
The Easter Experience: From Doubt and Fear to True Faith: The liturgy of the word today challenges us to live our Faith in the living presence of the risen Lord. Our faith should strengthen our hope in His promises, call us to true repentance for our sins and lead us to bearing witness to Christ by our works of Charity. Does our Faith do that for us? The readings also remind us that the purpose of Jesus’ death and Resurrection was to save us from our sins. Hence, they invite us to bear witness to the risen Lord more effectively by repenting of our sins, renewing our lives, and meeting Jesus in the Word of God and at the Eucharistic Table. The first reading from the Acts of the Apostles describes how Peter fulfils the mission of preaching Jesus. In this second sermon, Peter goes on with the preaching mission begun on Pentecost in Jerusalem, and again presents Jesus as the fulfilment of all the Messianic prophecies of the Old Testament. In the second reading, John tells us that true knowledge and love of God consist in acknowledging that Jesus is the expiation for our sins. We make that acknowledgement e >>
